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.sh NAME
split \*- split a file into pieces
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd split
.bd \*-\fIn
[ file [ name ] ]
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Split
reads
.it file
and writes
it in
\fIn\fR-line
pieces
(default 1000), as many as necessary,
onto
a set of output files.  The name of the first output
file is
.it name
with
.bd aa
appended, and so on
lexicographically.
If no output name is given,
.bd x
is default.
.s3
If no input file is given, or
if
.bd \*-
is given in its stead,
then the standard input file is used.
.sh BUGS
